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On Saturday, the white nationalists were met by counter-protesters at Emancipation Park and clashes ensued — leading Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe to declare a state of emergency. Later that afternoon, at a mall downtown, a white nationalist and suspected Nazi sympathizer, James Alex Fields, Jr., drove a car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing one and injuring more than a dozen.

The nation is reeling from this violence, and President Donald Trump has been criticized by politicians on both sides of the aisle for saying the violence came from “many sides” and failing to condemn white nationalist ideologies.

The Global Goals enshrine reduced inequality within and among countries as a requisites for ending extreme poverty by 2030, but this weekend’s events show legacies of inequality and violence against minorities still afflict countries of all sizes and income-levels.

Nonetheless, peaceful dialogue and sustainable, equitable development offer an alternative to this weekend’s violence.

Saturday night, after the violence had subsided, former US president Barack Obama took to Twitter with a quote from former South African President and peace activist Nelson Mandela that perfectly summed up the need for peace in times of violence:

"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..." pic.twitter.com/InZ58zkoAm

4. “Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.” — Robert F. Kennedy

5. “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” ― Nelson Mandela

6. “When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.” — Malala Yousafzai

7. “Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.” — John F. Kennedy

8. “Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there. Peace means solving these differences through peaceful means; through dialogue, education, knowledge; and through humane ways.” — Dalai Lama XIV

9. "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other." — Mother Teresa